Monday, March 9, 2009

I hate Daylight Savings Time. Frankly, I just don't get it. It doesn't save me anything. Truth be told, it generally loses me one of my favorite things in the whole world. Sleep.

Sophie has been quite the pill lately. I'm not sure if she's teething, having a growth spurt or just being a 17-month-old. Whatever the case, my nerves are a little frayed at the moment. There is lots of crying, screaming and whining. She's a generally good natured kid, which is why this is extra frustrating for me. Until the last couple of weeks, I had never seen a tantrum. No laying on the floor kicking legs. No wriggling, writhing body when I try to pick her up.

Part of me would like to blame it on the example of the other kids at the gym. What better excuse to get me out of the gym than for the health of my daughter? But I suspect it has more to do with her age.

Another part of this phase/stage/age is that she has been getting up at the stroke of 6:08. EVERY DAY. For you morning folks out there, this might be perfect. For me, this is torture. I am the classic night owl. Which is probably why I spent 10 years bartending. I have a tough time falling asleep before midnight. Neil says, "turn the light off and you'll go to sleep." Yeah, it doesn't work that way for me. I'm not a parrot.

Regardless of what time she goes to bed, she gets up at 6:08. To bed at 6:30? Up at 6:08. Down at 9? Up at 6:08. I was hoping that with DST, she would sleep in until 7:08. My body clock would still say it's 6:08, but at least psychologically I would be fooled. I put her to bed at her usual time last night, about 7:30. However, it seems Daylight Savings can't fool my daughter.

I have one like that. It is SO frustrating! Summer break. Christmas Vactions. Weekends. Designated days that you have to sleep in and everyone know how to do it....but Matthew! Up at 7. Every day. AAGgh! Doesn't matter if we let him stay up til midnight!

Oh my goodness. That early waking is nerve racking. My son is good to me most days and stays asleep until at least 6:30. Today he is still asleep at 9:30, I suppose that is because of daylight savings and he hasn't been feeling well so I am just letting him sleep until he is ready to wake up. I hope I don't regret this later today.

Yeah, the whole laying on the floor and kicking and screaming? Welcome to 17-month-oldness. Luckily Xander only does this occasionally, and I can't help it, I laugh at him. It seems to change the mood pretty quickly and he usually ends up laughing with me. Usually.

I remember the first few nights my son slept through the entire night and when I opened my eyes for the first time since 10 or 11 the previous night and looked at the clock and it was 6 am, I was THRILLED (and had to get up even though he wasn't even awake yet--to check on him to be sure he was okay). Six am seemed like sleeping in those days. It's all the perspective! LOL!